Many people are not able to Go, but are willing and able to support the cause. Holding the Rope is a vital part of The Project. The phrase "holding the rope" came from the man who has been called "The Father of Modern Missions", William Carey (1761-1834) during the following meeting with a few of Carey's supporters....
Before sailing, Carey had met with the small but earnest members of the Baptist Society. Later, Fuller, one of the members, remembered the momentous occasion:
We say that there was a gold mine in India, but it was a deep as the center of the earth. I asked, “who will venture to explore it?” Carey replied, “I will venture to go down, but remember that you” meaning Sutcliff, Ryland, and myself, “must hold the ropes. We solemnly engaged ourselves to him to do so…” (Miller p. 42).
And so they did for the rest of their lives. Most of us have heard of William Carey; who remembers the names of Fuller, Sutcliff, and Ryland? But they held the ropes and supported him and his colleagues for 40 years.
To read more about William Carey check out the link to William Carey below.
